Gas-producer.



PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906 Y 2 SHEETSSHBBT 1.

' I/VVENTO/i WITNESSES:

w. B. HUGHES. GAS PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED 001 .21. 1905.

PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

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WILLIAM B; HUGHES, OF PhllLADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANI enswnooncsn.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1906 pplication filed October 21,1905. Serial No 283,750.

improved men-us for Withdrawing the ashes from the body of fuel to ei'iect a better distribution of air for combustion and to secure a perfected mechanical constructionend oporation.

The characteristic features-ct th ciniprove inents Will more fully :i'ppenr from tlie'following description and the accompanying draw-- .ings in illustration thereof, of which' Figure 1 represents an exterior vntion of sgas-producer embodying the invention, and

Fig, 2 represents it vertical sectional view thereof. 5

As shown in the drawings, the framework 1 carries the stationery producer-top 2, the stationery ssh-receiver 3, and the revolving producer-body 4. T he body is carried by :1 track .3, extending around it and secured near the top thereof, and by rollers 6, jour nnled in the hangers 7, fixed. to the frame on which the track runs. On the body 41s a, channel 8, into which depends an apron 9 from the to p 2, and on the receivZirS is a chain-- ncl 10, into which depends the apron 11 from the body 4, water supplied to the upper channo for sealing the body and top overflowing through the pipe 12 into the channel 10 to seal the body and receiver.

The receiver 3 has [ixed therein supports 13 for the step-bearing l t, which carries the vertical shol t 15. A blssbpipe 16, Withdcloctors l7 thereon, is curried by the topo'f his shaft and extends upwardly into the mrforntcd hopper-lmttoin 18 of the body 1; The blnst-pi )e has depending therefrom the conical portion 19, from which pro'ects n, horizontal portion 20, forming at table bonesth the hopper, the blustpi in and table revolving with the she l t 15. Aboli 2 1novable longitudinally in the socket 22, lixed to the receiver 3,is adopted ioreugnging nod disengaging the tztblc whereby it is held stntioncry or pm'mitted-to revolve, and a bolt 23, movable longitudinsllv in the socket 241., cnrricd bythc receiver, can. be adjusted so as to extend over the edge of the table end henesth the hopper to engage ashes discharged from the body.

' The bottom of the receiver is closedby a, valve 25, which is operated by a rack 26 thereon, engaging n pinion 27 on a journaled shaft 28, the shaft having a beveled gear 29 thereon operated by a bevel-gear 30 on a re volving rod 3] turned by n hn ndle'32.

A blon'cr 33 forces s r into the top of the tSlkIOCOlVGI' 3, through the blast-pipe l6 and throu h the 0 ion bottom and ierforations of the hopper I charged through the inlets 3-5 of the top and contained in the body, the gas evolved being discharged through the top passage 36.

T he body is revolved through the engagement oi the rock 5' thereon by a gear-wheel 37, which is fixed on a shaft 38, having a bev cled gear 39 thereon, the latter being driven by g n r-i'rnin 4'0, operated by a rnotor 41, and sinnilunicously therewith the poker 42, oscillating radially in the revolving body on bcsrings'43 of the top, is nctiuited through the more, connected in eccentric relation to the ratchet mechanism and operated through the rod 46 from the gesntrnin, the mechanism tor revolving i116 body and oscil biting the poker being of o construction known 1 ercto'lore.

In the operation of the producer the re volviug body and the oscillating poker efiect the desired agitation of the fuel-in process of combustion to prevent the formation of clinkers and to permit the proper combination therciv itli of air introduced through the blastpip." and base, while the ashes pass'through ,hc hopper-bottom onto thetable. As the body revolves, the base ivill be revolved by 1" rictionnl engagement throughthe ashes when there is n sulliciont pressure or load of ashes thcreon, but otherwise may lag, so thatrthe ashes will-be ground down by. the different rate of revolution between the hopper and the base. When it is necessary to do so in order to break the body of ashes, the table may be engaged by the bar 21- forholding it, 01. the bar 23 may be thrust inover the table, or both may be effected simultaneously. The ashes falling over the edges of the table into the sshreceiver are removed therefrom through the valve in the receiver-body.

l-lnving described my invention, I claim l. A gas-producer having a revoluble body and n rcvolublc base, said body being revolublc ind c pendently of said base. 9 A gas-producer having a rcvoluble body 1Sv for the combustion of the fuel Ice .s, said base and body bowing; atdifl'eroni rotor 11 id noerhzwir (lrevohibie body, base, and means for holding said the revolution of said body. 21-:%1)1'O(iLl(7G1 having a re voluble body i-ovoiubie base which acts to support contents of said body, said base being" re- :vmi by Qbo pressure oftho contents of said n. producer having :1 body. IHOCiHLH I said body is supporl'mi and 11* oh:- oeiingto support the contents i am! inconsseparate h'on'i said vin a noroby said table is supported Df iiiii I. liming :1. frame, a body, iiois woollen-Ling said body and said body is FUVUiHbiQ, se

and is n (gibmi I in a stationary top, a revolving body with on nsbrhopper, sealing lllQiiilfMliSl'l'l between said top and body, a revolving b2. comprising a b1astpipe end a table, on osh-recoi W1, and sealing niechenisnii betwem said body and receiver.

1].. A gas-prod uoei' b zwi a body, mechanism for revolving said body, a i'evoluble base, and a bait For engogin and holding said base (.1 uri no the revolution of said body.

12. A gas-producer comprising a IQVOiUbi body having on ash-boppoi", a stationary ashi'occiver having o ViiiVQ-Ci outlet and a. revoluble base between said hoppei 11. outlet.

12% A gas nodncer having a ovolubie body, :1, i'm'oiubio "a and a otionary ash.-

i. (obi fin nib :1, gas-producer ing a rovoiubie body, HZWOi'U-bik? base and n stoiionei ash-i iVU", into which the said b a (iXiTHiH, ieom, ",1' on :innii some. bo- 'EAMNTL tho hitter mid the iiri voiroumio'r-onbi:i" disehzei i'ugtheosl .nbiescraper"iie' in {ho I thumb-rec iii ohm-go.

in ieslini j ,vimioof f yin'md, this with day of bmoimr, 1905', in v pvosenc-o oi th 3 subscribing with ,SSGS. WM. 13. I'IUGHES. 

